Every now and again I’m struck by a cultures ability to rid itself of hundreds of years of organic knowledge. Western society seems particularly inclined to career forward in the pursuit of the new, the now. But, as the promise of the new comes up short, people come up for air, look around […]

With the growing popularity of green/sustainable/renewable products and services, many offerings come up a bit short.  But for a small new urbanist community in Alberta Canada, the promise of free energy from the sun is coming true in a big way.  The Drake Landing Solar Community shares what amounts to a giant heat pump.  The […]

The Cottonwood Meadows sketch plan was approved at last night’s trustee meeting in Buena Vista. It has been two years since the project held its charrette, a process by which public input is addressed and incorporated into the development plan by architects, designers, and engineers. The public input and approval process of this project is […]